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Igniting innovation: A record-breaking year of groundbreaking research

W Magazine

… of Research and Innovation drew in $59.6 million in total awards for fiscal year 2024, up 42% over the previous year, which was also a record-breaking year. “I would like to say we’re … exposure to world-class research in carbon dioxide capture materials and storage in saline aquifers.” Through their …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/office-research-innovation-record-breaking-year

All Life is Learning - September 2024

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

…   View the flyer for Finding Beauty at Home and Abroad Warmly, Toni Woolfork-Barnes, Ed.D. Director, Osher Lifelong … Kalamazoo" Collaborative Project  “Lives Well Lived” is an award-winning documentary film that celebrates the wit, … Lived flyer . Bring A Friend The 2024 fall semester is underway, and we are excited about the many thought-provoking …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/september-2024

Career Preparation

Graduate College

… community of cohorts and campus friends. While you can’t always prevent the anxiety of change, you can compensate for it by preparing for a new and potentially even more rewarding life phase: the launch of your career. It’s wise to … As a general rule, you should submit your application materials within 48 hours after the fair.  In your …

https://wmich.edu/grad/Compass/CareerPrep

20 incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships

News

… fall. Medallion Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. Valued at … four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's … included taking second place in trigonometry at the Flint Metro League Math and Science Competition. Tews studied …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41400

Select group receives top undergraduate honor for 2015

News

… the highest honor WMU can bestow on an undergraduate. The award goes to the most outstanding seniors in each of the … Following graduation, Munce plans to find a job in the metro Detroit area in the commercial real estate industry. … at the same company and revolve around facility layout and material handling redesign. Along with being named a 2012 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/25421

All Life is Learning - November 2024

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… Note Volunteer Extraordinaire Earlier this year, Ms. Sharon Wade, our Events Committee Co-Chair, was nominated to receive a Daily Point of Light Award, which … effectiveness, and so much more. Whether a sense of duty or other forces inspire people to volunteer, the …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/november-2024

Mentorship

Graduate College

… The Odyssey. Before Odysseus sails off to fight the Trojan War, he asks his old comrade, Mentor, to serve as a trusted advisor to his son Telemachus while he’s away. Since then, the word “mentor” has evolved into a … Your First Meeting Bring a laptop or other note-taking materials. After getting to know one another, strive to …

https://wmich.edu/grad/Compass/Mentorship

Transcript of Extended Interview with Kyle Gervais

Medieval Institute Publications

… book, find out more about what kind of challenges and rewards they had when they were working on it, stories that … Allegories on Ovid, and that means Ovid's Metamorphoses. It was written by John of Garland, he was a scholar and a … and books that we publish use literary, historical, and material sources and employ innovative and interdisciplinary …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/gervais-fulltranscript

Rules of Style A-to-Z

Writing Style Guide

… media technology (The special effects won an Academy Award.); creation of a desired result (Nearly everything Lincoln did was calculated for effect.); and the stuff in your purse, … the Bible or books that are used primarily as reference materials (almanacs, directories, dictionaries, …

https://wmich.edu/writing/rules

Taboo topics course uses dialogue to break through barriers

W Magazine

… The Western Michigan University senior knew something was amiss, but didn’t expect the morning conversation to … their crucial talk happened at a time when Hernandez was best-equipped to receive the information: near the … to Orbe, students have conversations about weighty material that many of us tend to avoid.  Dr. Mark Orbe, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59619